PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Just before Thanksgiving, Claudio Neves Valente checked into a hotel in Boston and repeatedly visited Brown University, where he studied physics 25 years earlier. On December 13, he launched a violent attack in a lecture hall, killing two students and injuring nine others before fleeing the scene. Two days later, Valente fatally shot a Massachusetts professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, who was a classmate from Portugal. Investigators are piecing together Valente's whereabouts leading up to the attacks and have released surveillance footage in hopes of gathering more information. The new details have left the university community grappling with this devastating act of violence.
Tragic University Shooting Linked to Former Student
Tragic University Shooting Linked to Former Student
A former Brown University student, Claudio Neves Valente, is implicated in a shocking attack that resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries at the Ivy League campus and a nearby MIT professor's home.
Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown University student, returned to the campus where he studied 25 years ago, leading to a tragic shooting incident on December 13. Valente opened fire in a lecture hall, resulting in the deaths of two students and injuries to nine others. Following the attack, he fled to the home of a former classmate and fatally shot him as well. The series of events has raised alarm and left the Providence community in shock. Authorities have initiated an intense investigation, piecing together Valente's movements leading to the attacks and have uncovered vital surveillance footage to help identify him.
